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January 6th 2009
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A Good 2009

To all readers, followers, dreamers, realists, builders, environmentalist, littlegreen men and all the generally good people of this planet, I wish you a good, healthy, funny, active and eventful 2009. There, got it covered, I hope. Anyhoo. Just wanted to post a happy new year message and put our plans for ...

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We found and contracted a Belgium architect. Now it's on to finalizing the drawings and submitting them for a permit. 2010-01-25
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Just made an #iPhone #Android App at http://iSites.us. Easy to do. Can't wait to get it and share it with you. #in 2010-01-23
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February 25th 2010
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RidgeBlade

After posting the previous post I received an email from Dean Gregory over at The Power Collective. My worry about RidgeBlade is that it might be expensive. I let Dean explain otherwise in his own words: whilst we cannot know the exact cost of the RidgeBlade units until we have finalised our ...

February 24th 2010
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Off the Grid, is it possible? Wind Energy

The question still stands.., can we get off the grid. In our previous post we concluded that Solar Power is a real possibility. All it really takes is money.., a whole bunch of it.., but as far as the authorities are concerned.., it should not be a problem. Granted, in wintertime we ...

January 21st 2010
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Off the Grid, is it possible?

No, well at least not for us, not at first. The problem is that we will be needing a reasonable amount of electricity. Because we will work from home using computers, which means a constant usage of power. So what is the problem you might say, through a couple of solar panels on ...

January 14th 2010
Tags: How we do it, design 3 Comments

Preparing for 2011

2010 is going to be an interesting year. This is the year we will need to prepare for 2011. The year in which we start building. Now, when people ask when we start building, we can say.., "next year, we start building next year". So, what are the plans for 2010. I'll sum ...

January 6th 2010
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Steven Cowley: Fusion is energy’s future

Wouldn't it be cool to have this kind of technology. According to Steven Cowley it will take a couple of decades.., chances are.., that is not quick enough.

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